Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!amdcad.UUCP!rpw3 From: rpw3@amdcad.UUCP.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Station wagon full of bits Message-ID: <8703270733.AA22168@amdcad.AMD.COM> Date: Fri, 27-Mar-87 02:33:23 EST Article-I.D.: amdcad.8703270733.AA22168 Posted: Fri Mar 27 02:33:23 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Mar-87 11:01:37 EST References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: amdcad!rpw3@decwrl.DEC.COM (Rob Warnock) Distribution: world Organization: [Consultant] San Mateo, CA Lines: 18 Approved: tcp-ip@sri-nic.arpa Summary: Use 6250bpi If you use 6250 fci, 2400' tape, and long records, you can get about 80% use of the tape, or 144 Mbytes. Adds ANOTHER factor of 3, so the original posting was about an order of magnitude low. Incidently, given the volume of stuff that is seen on USENET (over 1 Mbyte/day, now), and the size of some of the phone bills, the typical transport delay, and the fact that priority (2-day) mail is fairly cheap, mailed magtapes (small ones) or floppies really SHOULD be considered as a way of distributing netnews! Rob Warnock Consultant UUCP: {amdcad,fortune,sun,attmail}!redwood!rpw3 ATT: attmail!rpw3 DDD: (415)572-2607 USPS: 627 26th Ave, San Mateo, CA 94403